Highway blockade affects goods shipments
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Some consumer goods are disappearing from shelves in the South, following the blockade of highways in Nakhon Si Thammarat, said a retailer.
Shipments by rail were also disrupted by rubber growers, who are pressing for the government's help in raising the sagging rubber prices.
Somsak Arunoprayote, manager of Leewiwat Super Store - a chain of 8 stores in Muang district, Songkhla, said that shipments from Bangkok have been cut as few truck drivers know the detour. As highways are blocked, the road along the Andaman coast is now the only option, but this demands higher fuel cost.
"For now, we have told the distributors to use the route. Though fuel cost will increase, we're ready to shoulder the extra cost, to ensure no shortage of goods," he said.
